an aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades); forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller
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autogyro::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | autogiro, gyroplane |
| Type of | heavier-than-air craft |
Examples of autogyro
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As the autogyro moves forward, air blows upward across the rotor, making it spin.
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He flips, growls when displeased and has a fascination for the Gyro Captain's autogyro.
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The kite was a man-lifter modeled after the autogyro principle.
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Autogyro world record-holder Ken Wallis was also born in Ely.
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Strictly speaking, Little Nellie is an autogyro.
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The autogyro has no more enthusiastic advocate.
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After finding out where the Ning-Po unloaded, Bond investigates the area by a heavily armed autogyro, Little Nellie.
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Actually not a helicopter, but an autogyro, which uses an unpowered rotor to provide lift and an engine-powered propeller for thrust.
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In 1923, the aircraft that would become the basis for the modern helicopter rotor began to take shape in the form of an autogyro, Cierva's C.4.
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- Autogiro: an aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades); forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller
- An autogyro, also known as gyroplane, gyrocopter, or rotaplane, is a type of rotorcraft which uses an unpowered rotor in autorotation to develop lift, and an engine-powered propeller, similar to that of a fixed-wing aircraft, to provide thrust. ...
- Alternative spelling of autogiro
- A heavier-than-air flying machine which derives its lift from a rotor system mounted above the machine, with blades rotating more or less horizontally.
- An aircraft equipped with a rotating wing, or rotor, to sustain itself in the air, and a propeller to move forward.
- A rotorcraft propelled by a horizontal thrust system such as a propeller and lifted by an unpowered rotor free to spin under the action of the air flowing through its disc from below
- An aircraft with an unpowered rotary wing, which auto rotates as the machine is propelled through the air by a conventional power plant. "Autogiro" is the trade name for auto gyros developed by Juan de la Cierva.
- An autogyro is a type of rotorcraft invented by Juan de la Cierva in 1919, making its first successful flight on 9 January 1923, at Cuatro Vientos Airfield in Madrid. Similar to helicopters, autogyros use a rotor to develop lift. ...
- A type of flying craft that resembles a helicopter, but the overhead rotating blades act only as a wing, not as propulsion.
